March 5, 2017
Auburn Baseball Notebook
Overall: 9-3
Last Week: 2-2
SEC: 0-0
Non-Conference: 9-3
Streak: L1
Last Week's Results:
Feb. 28 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Samford (L, 7-6)
March 3 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Lipscomb (W, 8-0)
March 4 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Lipscomb (W, 5-4)
March 5 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Lipscomb (L, 8-7 [10])
This Week's Schedule:
March 7 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. South Alabama, 3 pm (SECN+)
March 8 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Kennesaw State, 3 pm (SECN+)
March 10 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Presbyterian, 2 pm
March 11 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Presbyterian, 12 pm (SECN+)
March 12 ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" vs. Presbyterian, 12 pm (SECN+)
Last Week's Top Performers
Keegan Thompson ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" R-Jr. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" RHP ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Cullman, Ala.
- Improved to 3-0 on the season with his third quality start of the season in Friday win
- Struck out five and posted a streak of 12 straight retired in seven one-hit innings
- Helped Auburn to its NCAA leading fifth shutout
- Has opened 2017 with 21.0 consecutive scoreless innings, the longest streak for an Auburn pitcher since 2007
- Holds a 0.00 ERA this season and opponents hitting just .091 against him
Calvin Coker ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Jr. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" RHP ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Kyle, Texas
- Pitched 4.2 innings on the week with no hits allowed and five strikeouts
- Currently riding a 7.1 inning scoreless streak out of the bullpen
- Got the last two outs in Friday win, then pitched 1.2 scoreless on Sunday
- Has a 2.00 ERA on the season in 9.0 innings pitched over six games
Jonah Todd ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Jr. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" OF ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" Birmingport, Ala.
- Batted .375 (6-for-16) on the week as he moved into the lead off spot for the Tigers
- Has reached base in all 12 games in 2017 with a hit in the first 11
- Recorded a RBI in eight straight games through Sunday
- Hit .455 (5-for-11) in the Lipscomb series with three RBI, three walks and no strikeouts
- Batting .386 on the season with team-leading 11 RBI and 11 runs scored
- Team Notes
Posted a 2-2 record on the week ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ After dropping a one-run midweek tilt with Samford, Auburn rebounded to take the weekend series with Atlantic Sun preseason pick Lipscomb ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ the highlight of the Samford loss was relievers Corey Herndon and Calvin Coker combining to pitch six scoreless innings out of the pen ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn won its Friday opener behind ace Keegan Thompson for the third time in as many weeks ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Thompson allowed one hit in seven innings to lead the Tigers to their NCAA-best fifth shutout of the season ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Thompson retired 14-straight before exiting following the seventh ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ He has opened the season with 21 consecutive scoreless innings, the longest streak for an Auburn pitcher since Bryan Woodall completed 21.2 scoreless innings to begin the 2007 season ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn equaled its season high with 15 hits on Friday ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Casey Mize struck out nine over six innings in his Saturday start giving him 21 strikeouts in his last two games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Cole Lipscomb got his second win in relief ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Jonah Todd picked up a hit on Friday and Saturday to stretch his hitting streak to 11 games, a streak that ended on Sunday ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Todd recorded a RBI in all four games on the week to give him a RBI in eight straight ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Daniel Robert reached base in all four games to extend his streak to 28 consecutive games dating back to 2016 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Robert and Todd are the only Tigers to reach base in all 12 games in 2017 ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Dylan Ingram, who hit his first career homer on Sunday, has reached base in 10 straight ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Junior Josh Anthony has hit in five consecutive games and is batting .350 in that stretch ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Bowen McGuffin's .417 average leads the team over the last five games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Todd and Robert are tied for the team lead with five multi-hit games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Robert leads the squad with four multi-RBI games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn is batting .309 as a team and hold a 3.14 ERA ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Fourth and fifth innings have been big for Auburn through first 12 games ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Tigers scoring 39 of 82 runs in either fourth or fifth ÃÆ'¢Ãƒ¢'¬¦ Auburn hosts South Alabama and Kennesaw State in midweek before welcoming Presbyterian to Plainsman Park for the final non-conference weekend of 2017